Manchester City won against Leicester City on Tuesday night. Of course they did.
Their Carabao Cup quarter final wasn’t quite as straightforward as some of their recent league outings, however.
After taking a first half lead through Bernardo Silva, Pep Guardiola’s (much changed) side were pegged back in stoppage time as Jamie Vardy tucked away a penalty that had been controversially won by Demarai Gray.
Chances were limited in extra time, meaning the game had to be settled on spot kicks.
With the first seven penalties of the shootout scored, Vardy failed with his second penalty of the night, clipping the outside of Claudio Bravo’s post. With Riyad Mahrez then needing to convert his to keep Leicester hopes of progression alive, Bravo made the save to send the visitors through to the last four.
Predictably, with the ABBA penalty shootout format being used to determine the result, Twitter was flooded with lots of football fans making the exact same joke…
https://twitter.com/writtenoff_mufc/status/943245984221614080
Somebody help me with this abba penalty system is it winner takes it all
— John M (@MCFC_Rocky) December 19, 2017
This ABBA penalty system is still throwing me. But the end result remains the same I guess, the winner takes it all..
— Sam (@_SamAlex) December 19, 2017
ABBA penalties – the winner takes it all
— Joel Hill (@joelstoke) December 19, 2017
The beauty of a cup game @BBCSport is that you can’t have a draw – the winner takes it all. #bbcfootball #ABBA
— David Riley (@rileyfo) December 19, 2017
It's ABBA penalties and the winner takes it all in this tie@BBCSport
— Matthew Ashcroft (@AshcroftTheRed) December 19, 2017
The winner takes it all – will this be Man City’s Waterloo? Mamma mia! Voulez-vous want to be in this position? pic.twitter.com/Sqlp95YQeK
— Manny Hawks (@mannyhawks) December 19, 2017
